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B4438 crash in Solihull on 5 January 2020 at 18:30 involving a Hyundai i20

A Hyundai i20 and a Honda Civic were involved in a crash on the B4438 in Solihull at 18:30 on Sunday 5 January 2020. The 46-year-old male driver of the Hyundai i20 and the 54-year-old male driver of the Honda Civic were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Jan 2020
Sunday, 18:30
Vehicles
2
Hyundai i20 and Honda Civic
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.46007, longitude -1.72721, in the B37 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Meriden & Arden, Solihull, B37 7GN area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Solihull

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2020200929375
Council area
Solihull
Police force
West Midlands
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4438
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
0%
Estimated chance it was slight
100%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 November 2024.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Hyundai i20

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Honda Civic

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    1,339 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Hybrid electric
    Vehicle age
    12 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Hyundai i20)

    Home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda Civic)

Data source

This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 2020200929375 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Solihull road accident statistics for 2020.